The following lists events that happened during 1924 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – George V Governor-General – John Jellicoe, Viscount Jellicoe until 26 November, then Sir Charles Fergusson from 13 DecemberStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
Government The 21st New Zealand Parliament continues. The Reform Party governs as a minority with the support of independents.
Speaker of the House – Charles Statham Prime Minister – William Massey Minister of Finance – William Massey Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell
Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – Thomas Wilford (Liberal Party)
Judiciary Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson Mayor of Wellington – Robert Wright Mayor of Christchurch – James Flesher Mayor of Dunedin – Harold Tapley
Events 29 September – The first trolleybus route in Wellington is inauguratedBlee, Ian (November 1978). "Under Two Wires in New Zealand, Part 3 – Wellington". Trolleybus Magazine No. 103, p. 137. National Trolleybus Association (UK). . 4 July – The name for Four Square is established 17 November – HMS Torch hits a rock in the Chatham Islands, and is subsequently beached and abandonedIngram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. p. 465. Undated – Actinidia deliciosa 'Hayward', later to become the main commercial cultivar of kiwifruit, is first grown
Arts and literature
See 1924 in art, 1924 in literature :Category:1924 books
Music
See: 1924 in music
Broadcasting See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film Venus of the South Seas See: 1924 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1924 films
Sport
Chess The 33rd National Chess Championship is held in Wellington, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney.List of New Zealand Chess Champions
Football The 2nd Chatham Cup is won by Harbour Board (Auckland) A Chinese Universities football team tours New Zealand, including four matches against the national team:List of New Zealand national soccer matches 16 August, at Auckland: New Zealand win 2–1 23 August, at Wellington: draw 2–2 6 September, at Dunedin: New Zealand win 5–3 13 September, at Christchurch: New Zealand win 4–2 Provincial league champions: Auckland – Harbour Board Canterbury – Sunnyside Hawke's Bay – Whakatu Nelson – Athletic Otago – Seacliff South Canterbury – Albion Rovers Southland – Corinthians Taranaki – Kaponga Wanganui – YMCA Wellington – YMCA
Golf The 11th New Zealand Open championship is won by Ernie Moss, with an aggregate of 301. The 28th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland (men) and Hamilton (women) Men – L. Quin (Eltham) Women – Mrs Peake (Cambridge)
Horse racing
Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Sheik Auckland Trotting Cup – Locanda MacAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Sunart Auckland Cup – Te Kara Wellington Cup – Loughrea New Zealand Derby – Count Cavour ARC Great Northern Derby – Ballymena
Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch. Men's singles champion – W. Carswell (Taieri Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – James Angus, J. A. Redpath (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – W. Ure, H. S. Hill, C. G. Maher, Bill Bremner (skip) (West End Bowling Club, Auckland)
Olympic games
{| class="wikitable" |- ! !! !! !! Total |- style="text-align:center;" | 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 |} New Zealand sends a team of four competitors across three sports Arthur Porritt wins the bronze medal in the men's 100 metres
Rugby league New Zealand host the touring Great Britain team, winning the test series 2–1 1st test, at Dunedin, lose 18–31 2nd test, at Wellington, win 13–11 3rd test, at Auckland, win 16–8
Rugby union The All Blacks tour the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Canada between September 1924 and February 1925, winning all 32 games, and earning the nickname The Invincibles The Ranfurly Shield is held and defended by Hawkes Bay all season
Wrestling Ike Robin is recognised as New Zealand's first wrestling champion
Births
January 5 January – Ivan Wyatt, cricketer (d. 2009) 11 January – Rex Cunningham, rugby league player (d. 2015) 13 January – Brian Barratt-Boyes, heart surgeon (d. 2006) 15 January Barbara Angus, diplomat, historian (d. 2005) George Lowe, mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013) 21 January Bill Andersen, trade unionist (d. 2005) Ronald Sinclair, actor, film editor (d. 1992) 22 January – Ortvin Sarapu, chess player (d. 1999) 27 January Lyn Philp, boxer (d. 1981) Hector Wilson, rugby union player (d. 2004) 28 January – Wharetutu Stirling, Ngāi Tahu leader, conservationist (d. 1993)
February 14 February Bos Murphy, boxer (d. 2000) Reg Singer, association footballer (d. 2001) 24 February – Jack Forrest, rugby league player (d. 2016) 27 February – John Shanahan, swimmer (d. 1987) 29 February – David Beattie, jurist, sports administrator, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 2001)
March 5 March – Nau Cherrington, rugby union player (d. 1979) 6 March – Percy Murphy, politician, first Māori mayor (d. 2009) 7 March J.G.A. Pocock, historian (d. 2023) Brownie Pūriri, public servant (d. 1979) 9 March – Warren Sinclair, radiation science and medicine expert (d. 2014) 10 March – Peter Stichbury, potter (d. 2015) 22 March – Grace Gooder, cricketer (d. 1983) 24 March – Norm Holland, jockey (d. 2014) 26 March Jack McNab, rugby union player, coach and administrator (d. 2009) Josie Yelas, netball player (d. 1996) 29 March – Haydn Sherley, broadcaster (d. 2007) 31 March – Joan de Hamel, children's writer (d. 2011)
April 2 April – Lauris Edmond, poet and writer (d. 2000) 5 April – Barbara Hale, librarian (d. 2013) 3 April – Errol Brathwaite, writer (d. 2005) 18 April – Tiny White, equestrian (d. 2020) 30 April Richard Giese, flautist (d. 2010) Mervyn Probine, physicist, public servant (d. 2010)
May 1 May – Ted Johnson, rower (d. 1985) 5 May – Frank Creagh, boxer (d. 1998) 12 May – Malcolm Templeton, diplomat (d. 2017) 22 May – Stella Casey, social campaigner (d. 2000)
June 2 June – Pat Evison, actor (d. 2010) 3 June – Ken Armstrong, association footballer (d. 1984) 7 June – Bob Tizard, politician (d. 2016) 8 June – Ian Colquhoun, cricketer (d. 2005) 9 June – John Scott, architect (d. 1992) 14 June David Ballantyne, journalist, writer (d. 1986) Miriam Dell, women's advocate (d. 2022)
July 7 July – D. P. O'Connell, barrister, legal academic (d. 1979) 15 July Bub Bridger, poet and short story writer (d. 2009) Brian Sutton-Smith, writer and play theorist (d. 2015) 23 July – Betty Bourke, politician, health administrator (d. 2015) 25 July Jim Beard, architect (d. 2017) Peter Mann, Anglican bishop (d. 1999) 26 July – Ces Renwick, cricketer (d. 2014) 28 July Eric Fisher, cricketer (d. 1996) William Fraser, politician (d. 2001)
August 1 August – Peter Smith, rugby union player (d. 1954) 2 August – Ainsley Iggo, neurophysiologist (d. 2012) 7 August – Alan Wilkinson, association footballer (d. 2015) 12 August – Gordon Hobson, amateur wrestler (d. 1985) 13 August – John Rymer, Anglican cleric (d. 2003) 22 August – Pat O'Connor, professional wrestler (d. 1990) 23 August Bahri Kavaja, association footballer (d. 1987) Doug Mudgway, amateur wrestler (d. 1988) 28 August Tony MacGibbon, cricketer (d. 2010) Janet Frame, writer (d. 2004) 31 August – Don Beaven, medical researcher (d. 2009)
September 3 September – John Ingram, mechanical engineer, businessman (d. 2015) 4 September – Lory Blanchard, rugby league player and coach (d. 2013) 5 September – Nick Carter, cyclist (d. 2003) 6 September – Hugh Poole, sailor (d. 2012) 7 September – Wanda Cowley, children's writer (d. 2017) 8 September – Frank Holmes, economist (d. 2011) 15 September – Rex Challies, cricketer (d. 2003) 17 September – Les Watt, cricketer (d. 1996) 23 September – Peggy Hay, designer (d. 2016) 24 September – Sammy Guillen, cricketer (d. 2013) 27 September – Louis Johnson, poet (d. 1988) 30 September – Trevor Hatherton, geophysicist (d. 1992)
October 5 October – Victor Brooker, cricketer 11 October – Arthur Hughes, rugby union player, businessman, horse racing administrator (d. 2005) 19 October – Keith Gudsell, rugby union player (d. 2007) 30 October – Roy McLennan, politician (d. 2013)
November 5 November – Geoff Smale, sailor (d. 2011) 23 November Doug Coombes, mineralogist and petrologist (d. 2016) Doug Dillon, jurist (d. 1999) 28 November – Colin McLachlan, politician (d. 1985)
December 2 December Gerald O'Brien, politician (d. 2017) Brian Poananga, sportsman, military leader, diplomat (d. 1995) 5 December – Gavin Downie, politician (d. 1998) 7 December – Jimmy Haig, rugby union and rugby league player (d. 1996) 12 December Neill Austin, politician (d. 2008) Brown Turei, Anglican archbishop (d. 2017) 23 December – Len Castle, potter (d. 2011) 26 December – Leonard Kent, cricketer (d. 2014) 28 December – Loo-Chi Hu, marine equipment designer, t'ai chi teacher (d. 2013) 29 December Eve Poole, 41st Mayor of Invercargill (d. 1992) Bob Vance, cricket player and administrator (d. 1994) Ivan Walsh, association footballer, cricketer (d. 2005) 30 December – Joe Phillips, rugby league player (d. 1969)
Deaths
January–March 5 January – Mary Player, midwife, feminist, social reformer (born 1857) 6 January – Henry Hill, cricketer (born 1845) 19 January – Frances Parker, suffragette (born 1875) 24 January – Acton Adams, politician (born 1843) 27 January – William Gardiner, cricketer (born 1864) 2 February Daniel Claffey, cricketer (born 1869) John Duncan, politician (born 1848) 11 February – Arthur Lomas, cricketer (born 1895) 17 February – James Tibbs, schoolteacher (born 1855) 22 February – Mary Dawson, farmer, environmentalist (born 1833) 24 February – Joseph Borton, cricketer (born 1832) 1 March – Elizabeth Parsons, singer (born 1846) 4 March – Gilbert Carson, politician (born 1842) 6 March – Grace Joel, artist (born 1865) 10 March – George Bourne, photographer (born 1875) 17 March – Martin Chapman, cricketer, barrister, politician (born 1846)
April–June 3 April – Alfred Newman, politician (born 1849) 19 April – Charles Louisson, politician (born 1842) 7 May – Alfred Luttrell, architect and building contractor (born 1865) 9 May – James Mason, doctor, bacteriologist, public health administrator (born 1864) 19 May – Joseph Pabst, cricketer (born 1870)
July–September 17 July – William Davidson, pioneer of refrigerated shipping (born 1846) 19 July – Sir Walter Buchanan. politician (born 1838) 25 July – Lawrence Birks, electrical engineer (born 1874) 10 August – Edward Wakefield, politician (born 1845) 19 August – Alfred Baldey, politician (born 1836) 17 September – Richard Vincent, cricketer (born 1846) 19 September – Sir John Salmond, legal academic, public servant, jurist (born 1862) 27 September – Thomson Leys, journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor, philanthropist (born 1850)
October–December 18 October – Walter Mason, cricketer (born 1847) 23 October – Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa, politician (born 1842) 13 November – Charles Boxshall, cricketer (born 1862) 27 November – Joseph Grimmond, politician (born 1843) 15 December – Paratene Ngata, Ngāti Porou leader, politician (born 1849) 19 December – William Maslin, politician (born 1850)
See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment
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